Amsterdam Tourist Attractions
Amsterdam Tourism - Vacations - Tourist Attractions - Museum!
For
a city of this size and significance, Amsterdam is relatively easy
to explore. The city was created in a way that the 165 channels would
lead in concentric circles around the center. The channels originate
from the impressive central railway station from which you can reach
any important destination in the Netherlands within a couple of hours.
All tourist attractions and important historical and cultural sights
lie closely together. That makes it very convenient for tourists once
they found a hotel in the center, to actually walk around the city
and reach all the attractions by walking there. Since most of the
tourist attractions lie within the ring of Grachten (Grachten/Kanaal
= Water Way or Channel) and the city provides the tourists with a
excellent public transportation network the government succeeded ban
cars as far as possible from the city center. Tourists often visit
the most important attractions in two to three days.
All apartments, houses and buildings from that 16th to the 20th century
are under monument protection by the government. Amsterdam possesses
the largest historical city center in Europe. The city is particularly
famous for its Grachten (Channels). During the “golden age”
of the Netherlands rich buyers established elegant vacation houses,
apartments and warehouses along the water ways. The best thing to
do for you especially when you a first timer in Amsterdam is book
a boat tour. It’s an easy and romantic way to gain an overview of
the city’s beauty. A tour on these pictorial water routes you can
book online at http://www.amsterdam.info/tours/canalcruise/.
The most popular tourist attractions in Amsterdam are the many museums.
The four most well-known are the Rijksmuseum, the Vincent van
Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum of modern art and
the Anne Frankhuis Museum. The Vincent van Gogh Museum
in Amsterdam holds the world-wide largest exhibition of Vincent
van Gogh. In addition Amsterdam is famous for flowers and diamonds.
The Bloemenmarkt (flower market) at the Singel is
worth seeing; and numerous local tourist guides will offer tours for
all museums and attractions such as traditional diamond grinderies.
Smaller museums which are worth a visit are the Tropical Museum,
the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum (Netherlands navigation
museum), the Theatre Museum, Woonbootmuseum Hendrika
Maria (houseboat museum) on the channel opposite the Prinsengracht
29, and the Willet Holthuysen Museum, which gives an
idea of the interior life of a traditional Channel House.
Besides its many attractions Amsterdam is very popular for its looseness and well-known nightlife,
not as hectic as most other big cities in Europe. The countless street cafés and coffee shops on every
corner are
loved by most visitors that want to switch off for a while and simply enjoy their vacations.
Specially Cheap Amsterdam Hotel this week!